The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Behind the Music

Like taking a tour of garage-psychedelia’s aged sounds of the ‘60s and ‘70s, Behind the Music casts vibrant rays of sunshine onto all the appropriate classic-rock pinpoints while conjuring wispy pop-leaning grooves. That’d be fine and dandy, but, of course, thousands of kids and a few decades have had that idea long before the Soundtrack of Our Lives began their pop-rock collective. And they face the now dreaded Swedish precursor. But don’t make the mistake: This isn’t the Hives arrogant-rock or the destruct-capitalism manifesto of the (International) Noise Conspiracy; instead, the Soundtrack of Our Lives careen through guitar-pop tracks and psych-rock songs that are upbeat and optimistic around every bend in the long, 15 track road. This, like the other boards retreading the garage-rock groove, is shallow on originality, but deep on catchy – if mediocre – rock songs. Behind the Music, which is equal parts Beatles bravado, Beach Boys’ fun in the sun and Oasis’s pop incentives, is ultimately anonymous and light guitar songs with a penchant for sunshine and psych. Unfortunately, it’s not quite so interesting after more than three decades of sameness. [www.tsool.com]